Beggar My Neighbour
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1966 - 1968
- 23 episodes (3 series)
Comedy of familial relations. Gerald is a poor snob, whilst his next door neighbours - his wife's sister and her husband - are well-off working class. Stars Reg Varney, Pat Coombs, June Whitfield, Peter Jones and Desmond Walter Ellis
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Series 2, Episode 5 - My Fair Harry Butt
The comic misadventures of poor snobs the Garveys, and their well-to-do in-law next-door-neighbours, the Butts.
Notes
This episode marked the first professional collaboration of the famous Perry & Croft partnership when producer David Croft cast Jimmy Perry as the brother of Harry Butt.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 30th July 1967
- Time
- 7:25pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Reg Varney | Harry Butt |
| Pat Coombs | Lana Butt |
| June Whitfield | Rose Garvey |
| Desmond Walter Ellis (as Desmond Walter-Ellis) | Gerald Garvey |
| Willoughby Gray | Rodney Teasdale |
| Jimmy Perry (as James Perry) | Jack Butt |
| Ken Hoare | Writer |
| Mike Sharland | Writer |
| David Croft | Producer |
| Roger Liminton | Production Designer |
| Alan Roper | Composer |
| Ronnie Hazlehurst | Composer |